For wanting to be leaders, these idiots sure do have short term memory loss: The House Republican campaign chairman, at odds with Speaker Dennis Hastert over when Hastert learned about ex-Rep. Mark Foley’s come-ons to teenage male pages, was questioned Tuesday by an ethics panel. Rep. Tom Reynolds, R-N.Y., would not comment afterward on his […]
Remember when this happened back in May? An unusual FBI raid of a Democratic congressman’s office over the weekend prompted complaints yesterday from leaders in both parties, who said the tactic was unduly aggressive and may have breached the constitutional separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches of government. Rep. William J. Jefferson […]
Boehner is back in the spotlight on the Foley scandal. Now he is in the swing of attempting self survival: ABC’s Teddy Davis reports: In a radio interview with 700 WLW radio in Cincinnati, House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) placed responsibility for the Foley matter not being handled properly on House Speaker Dennis Hastert […]
Hastert’s office has released a press statement regarding the Speaker’s knowledge of the Foley incident. It leaves a lot of questions unanswered, but none greater than this: Congressman Tom Reynolds in a statement issued today indicates that many months later, in the spring of 2006, he was approached by Congressman Alexander who mentioned the Foley […]
Well someone is out to protect someone now: House Speaker Dennis Hastert said Sunday he may challenge a judge’s order allowing FBI agents to examine documents seized at a Louisiana congressman’s Capitol Hill office in a bribery probe. Hastert said he believed Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., was “in big trouble” and that the House would […]
Yesterday we were hit with this story: House leaders acknowledged Friday that FBI agents with a court-issued warrant can legally search a congressman’s office, but they said they want procedures established after agents with a court warrant took over a lawmaker’s office last week. “I want to know exactly what would happen if there is […]
This story is so back and forth. First it starts off with ABC’s Brian Ross reporting this: Federal officials say the Congressional bribery investigation now includes Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, based on information from convicted lobbyists who are now cooperating with the government. Part of the investigation involves a letter Hastert wrote three […]
Sill think they care about all Americans? Republican lawmakers, facing the prospect that their power to cut taxes may soon be curbed, plan to extend breaks that mostly benefit the wealthy and Wall Street at the expense of reductions for middle-income households. Six months before elections that may return a Democratic majority in at least […]
Here in the Buckeye state, we have been plagues with scandals at the state level. For the first time in History, we have had a governor convicted of a crime while in office and there are still numerous investigations going on. One of the biggest is the scandal to invest our worker’s compensation funds into […]
The following is an update to the Bob Ney story: House Speaker Dennis Hastert is trying to force out Ohio Rep. Bob Ney (news, bio, voting record) as chairman of the House Administration Committee, a week after Justice Department documents linked Ney to a bribery scheme involving convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Ney’s committee has jurisdiction […]